Supervising Comprehensive Care Nurse - Orange County, CA, United States - County of Orange

County of Orange
County of Orange
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Orange County, CA, United States

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CAREER DESCRIPTION:


SUPERVISING
COMPREHENSIVE
CARE
NURSE
In addition to performance-based merit increases, this position is scheduled to receive salary range increases on the following dates:

  • Effective June 28, % increase
  • Effective June 27, % increase
    Premium
    Pay**In addition to the hourly salary, eligible applicants may receive premium pay for the items listed below:

  • Bilingual pay:Qualified employees who meet the criteria found here _(Page _16_) _shall receive an additional forty ($0.40) cents per hour for all hours paid.
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Night Shift Differential pay:Employees assigned to a night shift shall be paid a night shift differential for each hour actually worked on the assigned night shift. _Pay_ _rate_ _is_ _determined_ _by_ _assigned_ _shift_ _hours_ _found_ _here_ _(page_ _14)._
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Nurse Retention:Upon completion of 10,400 service hours (approximately 5 years of service) in a Nurse classification, you will receive 3% of your annual base salary as a one-time lump sum payment.
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Jail Supplement pay:An employee in this classification who is assigned to work in an adult or juvenile correctional or institutional facility shall receive an additional $1.50 per hour for all paid hours.
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Call-Back pay:An employee in this classification who returns to work because of an agency/department request shall be eligible for Call-Back pay as detailed here (page 16).


Other Additional Premium Pays
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THIS RECRUITMENT IS AGENCY PROMOTIONAL

  • This recruitment is open to current Health Care Agency employees and will be used to establish an Agency Promotional Eligible List to fill current and future
    Supervising Comprehensive Care vacancies within Health Care Agency, Correctional Health Services. The eligible list established may also be used to fill similar and/or lowerlevel classifications throughout the County of Orange.

DEADLINE TO APPLY

HEALTH CARE AGENCY

The
County of Orange,
Health Care Agency (HCA) **is a dynamic organization dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that promotes the achievement of optimal individual, family and community health.

Under the leadership of the Agency Director, a dynamic executive team with an organizational structure comprised of five (5) service areas - Strategy and Special Projects, Behavioral Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Specialized Medical Services and Public Health Services - is committed to meeting the health needs of the diverse Orange County community.


CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES

Correctional Health Services
(CHS)
program is comprised of two separate entities. One is for the adult inmates and the other is for the juveniles. The CHS program provides medical, dental, nursing, infection control, health education and pharmaceutical services at a community standard of care and also provides mental health services including 24-hour emergency triage and crisis intervention, suicide prevention, treatment beds, individual and group therapy, substance use counseling, medication assessment and discharge planning to all adult inmates in the County's five (5) correctional facilities. The Juvenile Health Services program has two clinics—Juvenile Hall Health Clinic and Orangewood Family Health Clinic.


THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Supervising Comprehensive Care Nurse (Sup. CCN) is responsible for supervising basic and emergency nursing services for the County's correctional facilities' inmates; approximately 5,000 inmates per day, and over 50,000 inmates per year.
Responsibilities of the Sup.

CCN will include but are not limited to:

  • Overseeing routine and emergency nursing services provided to patients on a 24 hour basis and ensuring services are rendered according to established nursing protocols, agency policies, procedures and guidelines, and the HCA Code of Conduct
  • Supervising, mentoring, and serving as a resource/guide to the Senior Comprehensive Care Nurses
  • Identifying staff needs and helping develop and improve staff skills to maintain and meet nursing competencies
  • Maintaining current knowledge of federal, state and local laws, regulation, policies and procedures which govern CHS operations
  • Working collaboratively with Human Resource Services for training, performance evaluations, addressing performance issues, hiring, and retention of nursing staff
  • Serving as a liaison between various entities that work with CHS
  • May perform other jobrelated duties as needed

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND CORE COMPETENCIES:


Technical Knowledge:


  • Performing clinical risk assessment related to danger to self, danger to others or grave disability (i.e., 5150, 5250, etc.)
  • Identifying inefficiencies in the nursing unit, such as those involving medical supplies and medications
  • Making sound decisions/judgment taking effective actions to prevent any injury/loss of life
  • Researching and seeking information about quality improv
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